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When the Investigation Police Department conducted the investigation, former Director Dang Viet Ha was “sitting on hot coals”, hurriedly asking someone to investigate the investigation results regarding his and the Department of Registration’s violations, but unexpectedly met a scammer.
On July 19, the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court continued to try 254 defendants related to violations occurring at the Vietnam Register, registration centers, and registration branches in Ho Chi Minh City and other localities.
Representatives of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Procuracy announced a 341-page indictment.
According to the indictment of the People’s Procuracy, the case that occurred at the Department of Registration is an economic corruption case of an especially large scale, causing especially serious damage in the field of State management of the registration of motor vehicles and inland waterway vehicles.
In addition to defendant Tran Ky Hinh (former Director of the Department of Registration, from January 2014 to July 2021), defendant Dang Viet Ha (former Director of the Department of Registration, from August 2021 to December 2022) was identified as the head responsible for leading and directing all activities of the Department of Registration, but did not properly perform the assigned duties and tasks, and issued policies contrary to the provisions of the law to receive bribes of an especially large amount of money.
At the time of his arrest, defendant Dang Viet Ha was still holding the position of Director of the Vietnam Register.
Defendant Dang Viet Ha. Photo: Nguyen Hue
According to the accusation, in August 2021, when defendant Tran Ky Hinh retired, defendant Dang Viet Ha was appointed to the position of Director.
Immediately after taking office, defendant Ha organized a meeting with the leaders of the Department of Motor Vehicle Inspection and the leaders of the Inspection Centers, requiring monthly reports on the accurate data of the design appraisal records, ensuring that the defendant’s interests were the highest.
Before this directive, Ha’s subordinates had to pay him most of the money received from vehicle owners or companies.
Therefore, after just over a year in the position of Director, defendant Dang Viet Ha received 8.5 billion VND from the Department of Motor Vehicle Inspection, 9 Inspection Centers in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and from the directors of private inspection centers.
In October 2022, when the police discovered and handled the violations of the inspection units, fearing that his actions would be discovered, defendant Ha quickly returned the 5 billion VND he had received as bribe from Tran Anh Quan (former Head of the Motor Vehicle Inspection Department).
Faced with the fierce investigation of the Investigation Police, Dang Viet Ha felt like he was “sitting on fire” so he asked defendant Lai Thai Phong (former Deputy Chief of Office of the Vietnam Registry) to “listen” to see what violations the police were handling at the Registry Centers.
Through his connections, Phong learned that Nguyen Van Chung (Director of ATS Company) was well acquainted with the police in many provinces and cities and could find out information, so he introduced Chung to Dang Viet Ha.
Receiving Chung’s agreement to help, Ha asked Quan to return the 5 billion VND he had previously returned. After that, Ha gave Phong more than 2.3 billion VND (equivalent to 100 thousand USD) for Phong to transfer to Chung to “take care of the matter”.
After receiving the money, Chung did not seek information about the investigation results of the Police Agency into the violations of Dang Viet Ha and the Vietnam Registry, but only sought information through… the press.
After being arrested, Dang Viet Ha filed a complaint against Phong and Chung.
When he learned that Phong was summoned by the police, Chung quickly returned the 99 thousand USD and went to the police station to submit a confession, admitting his crime.